Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-21

west, and be called upon to send aid to
our fel ow citizens there who are making
heroic Efforts 10 overcome the existing
: laws CT nature and render them subser-
! Went to the best interests of our race.
Let Us NIL thst country with people VINO
will plow million acres of isnd where
out thousand has been plowed hereto
lore, and down will come the gentle rain
! ISL, fructifying with tenfold capacity
the productiveness of the soil, and with
1t Will come not only prosperity to those
who are now there, but hsppy and COM
| Portable homes to those who Join in this
immense work.
Inc infant IN its mothers arms has to
work the breast to secure the flow Of its
richest nourishment, and the broad bosom
| OF mother earth has to be stirred to call
=! into activity its l.tent productiyeness. II
seems to be one of the provisions made
by natures God to enable Him to enforce
His decree against man, that In the sweat
| OF his brow he should eat his bread.
You sill know the parable concerning
| the servants to whom had been entrusted
the use Of the talents, from the one who
h&d done nothing with them was taken
all that hac been given him and given to
the one who had made the best use of
| them; and this principle Is one ct the
attributes of all natural laws, and man,
| II he would succeed, must recognize and
conform his actions to it. "Improve the
present, it is thine," is the voice of nature
Oar children at our death are subrogsted
in all OF our rights and all that we
possess, and to do the best we possibly
can tor ourselves is to do the best we Can
for them.
WHAT would be the effect of rendering
productive this vsst territory of the
westf The state and different public in
stitutions tbst the people are b-irg taxed
TO support own about &C, Gee, GOO acres Ct
these lands that to-day produce no reve-
nue. in taxes to the state. Populate them
and they can be sold at good prices and
the money arising from the sale invested
in bonds, the interest on which would
render self-sustsining the Institutions to
which the lands now belong, rendering q
reduction in taxation possible. Not only
that, when the lands were sold the state
could then tax them with the improvements
on them, thus increasing her revenues.
1t would enable the owners of 40 000, 900
more acres of land in the same portion Of
the state to find purchasers and tenants
for their lands, enabling them to convert
non-revenue producing investment into
revenue producing one. To build the
million Of homes on farm and in city that
will be necessary to populate our unoccu-
pied lands will take millions Of feet Of
lumber. This will call into increased de-
mand and enhance in value the lands Of
the immense and valuable timbered dis
trict Of the eastern portion Of the state,
and would create such demand for lum-
Der that it would require our millmen to
run their present plants dsy and night to
supply it.
1t would make of the present great
agricultural district an Egypt, from
whence the east and the west would draw
their supplies, giving to our farmers, our
merchants, our manufacturers, & vastly
increased market for their commodities,
and build cut Of Our fiftY or more bust
ness centers Of TO-DAY, with population
OF from 1000 to $4,000, as many cities
vi q populations of from 10000 TO 250.-
600, making rich and prosperous all OF
their present inhabitants VINO use wisely
their op portunities.
To our great arteries OF commerce, our
railways, it will be especially profitable
profit that will have it's beginning at
be first to realize q profit on the sale of
tickets to bring the immigrant here;
have the first opportunity to sell him
lands along their routes, which, when
cultivated by his industrious hands, will
yield tenfold increase to the traffic of
their lines. Increased business will en-
able them to meet promptly the interest
on their bonded Indebtedness and render
hot EG m
favorable contrast to their past history,
where the rule hiss been to go into
the hands of receiver at heavy loss to
their stock and bond holders, calling in
question the integrity Of their manage
nent and standing as monuments of ad-
vers1ty to cast q stigma upon the fair
name of our state, 1t is evident that diff
ferent policy should be adopted for the
future management of our railways to
that of the past. And now that most all
of those that have been in the hands Of
receivers have either reorganiZed or on
the point OF doing it, and those who have
not been in the hands of the receivers
have made new and valuable connections
and extensions, aud just entering the
threshold of q new year, seems to be a
most opportune time to make the depar-
ture.
The people of Texas should never for
get that the prosperity of the railway
properties of the state is their prosperity,
and should any differences arise between
them and the homogeneous, direct their
remedial efforts to secure better man
sgement, aud not &C destruction Of or
damage to the properties themselves, and
on this point the citizens Of the business
centers OF the state have GOOD record.
About one year ago, when the
railways were having trouble with
the employees of their lines and the com
merce of the state was being
brought to q standstilI, damaging the
railways and every business interest, the
business men met in conventions eli over
the state, not to provide for suing the
railways for damage caused by the de-
teption Of merchandise, as has frequently
been done in the older portions OF our
country under like circumstances, but to
pass resolutions to encourage the N n
agements to hold out against what they
considered the unjust demands of their
employees, thus creating q community of
interest between the railways and the
business centers that, if wisely used, will
result in reciprocal benefits for all time
to come.